Conferencier

A master of ceremonies [ kõferã'sie: ] (female form: emcee, in German also Conférencieuse; French " speaker ", " speaker ") is a humorous announcer in variety shows, cabarets, revues, shows, television or radio programs. In addition to its moderating role, he puts forward even anecdotes, poems, or songs. In this he differs from the entertainer and presenter at which these own posts missing. A well-known representation of emcees can be found in the musical " Cabaret".

Its peak in importance reached the emcees in the twenties and thirties of the 20th century, the heyday of the cabarets, variety shows and revues. In Austria the Doppelconférence developed in the cabaret of the 1920s by Karl Farkas and Fritz Grünbaum. Successful emcees were, for example, Willy Schaeffer, the humorist Heinz Erhardt or the show host Peter Alexander, Rudi Carrell, Peter Franken field, OF Weidling, Jonny Buchardt and Hans -Joachim Kulenkampff. Also some today's entertainer Harald Schmidt about how see themselves as master of ceremonies.

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